Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-13
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vigilance and devotion to duty as the
health officer of the state. All his subor-
dinstes along the coast haye also render
ed efficient aid, and on account OF the
great labor and amount of duty well per-
formed at Galveston, which is our prin-
cipal sea port, call special attention to
the valuable services of DR.. Blount.
While the whole department has been
managed IN the most successful and graf
flying manner, it has also been economi-
cally conducted, and las shown by Dr.
SWearingen's report herewith submitted)
the sum If 5000 voted for contingent
cies in this respect has been returned to
the treasury.
PENAL LAWS.
The penalty for carrying arms has
c4used more homicides than it ever pre-
vented. Evil disposed persons. and gen.
orally towards, will carry arms and run
the risk detection on account Of the
small penalty Law-abiding and peaceable
people will respect the law, and do not
carry arms-aence they are always taken
at disadvantage. Therefore, l recon-
mend the increase Of the penalty, and
that it be made felony.
Since the late opinion of the appellate
court it becomes necessary to enact some
measure which will protect every species
of property, real and personal, from will
full injury.
Ny ,Np-rience in calls for aid to assist
in recapturIng escaped persons .Tom the
iails leaves no doubt that very loose
system prevails in guard pg prisoners, and
| believe j4ilorS and sherlff5 should be
held to q more strict accountability in the
discharge of their duty in this respect.
In another place | have alluded to the
fact that MEL should not be sent to the
penitentiary for short terms. | repeat,
that no greater legal farce was ever enact
ed than to condemn persons 10 these con-
Wet prisons for an hour or day, and the
law that allows it should be repealed.
great number of technical rules have
grown up in the a. ministration of the
criminal law that subserve no beneficial
end; on the contrary they clog, retard,
and often defeat tie ends OF justice. That
q court of last resort should reverse a
case because the charge of the judge who
tried it was not marked filed, although in
the record and treated as the charge, or
because the venue-that is, the proper
county where the offense wss committed
WIS not proved by the transcript, al
though no question was made about it,
are remarkable features of the law.
There are many others of like character
which all, including the courts, agree
should be changed or done away with.
Xbese techpicalties are cOllated in the
report of the encouragement for 1885,
copy OF which l herewith transmit, and
suggest legislation thereon.
Tne penalty in the enclosure act of 1884
should be increased, and jurisdiction
given to some court that will enforce it.
! have never been able 10 appreciate
that clause in our penal code which de-
Clares that insulting language used
toward another should not justify an
assault. That the coward shall be per-
mitted to stand ard heap abuse on his
neighbor, and feel that his government
shields him in SO doing, is q species Of
legal and political ethics which l do not
understand. That it is the rule for a
state to make towards OF her people, and
Justly system that tends to humiliate
ner citlzens, is neither sanctioned by the
history Of our race nor in keeping with |
the intelligence Of our time. Insulting
language should be treated as an assault,
and the man who rasents it with 8 blow
should be held as merely acting in SELF
defense, provided he does not infilct great
OUR INSANE ASYLUMS.
Within the last four years the state has
greatly enlarged the asylum for the insane
ut Austin. The grounds have also been
improved and beautified. The place of
iuterment, heretofore located in the park
fronting the buildings, has been changed
to q more suitable locality a half mile
north of the structure, whittier the re-
mains of those formerly buried in the old
graveyard have been removed.
Among the needed improvements lately
added to the asylum is complete system
Of sewerage, and l rejoice to say that the
institution In its internal management is
not surpassed in excellence in any coun-
try am also pleased to state that the
health reports are most gratifying.
Within the same. period of time we have
erected and completed q new asylum at
Terrell, in kaufman county, and the land
OF which it stands, which is situated in
the suburbs of the town, has been paid
for in full. 1t was opened for the recep- |
ton of patients on the - of July, 1880, |
and it now shelters and comforts 267 in
mates. The institution is also in fine
condition and its management all that
can be desired. For the unsurpassed con- |
diLion of these two institutions the coun-
Try Is indebted to the boards of manage
ment and to Drs. Denton and Wal
lace.
INSTITUTE FOR TIE BLIND.
There are now ll2 Students IN this in
stitution, and its management and gen.
ersl condition are in all respects highly |
satisfactory. The buildings and grounds
have been enlarged and improved, and
DIR. R4iney's long experience and adapta-
biity for superintendent has been in the
highest degree promotive of success. To
him and the board OF management l ten
der nv warmest thanks for their credit |
able efficiency.
DEAF AND DUMB INSTITUTE.
At this institute great changes have
taken place. The old wooden buildings
have been removed, and in their place
substantial brick structures have been
reared. The grounds are tastefully
laid out, E., and improvements are
visible in every direction. Among
the latter msy be mentioned the new
building recently completed and now
used as printing and. fBook binding es-
adjustment, with deaf-mutes as compost
tors, folders and binders. The progress
CT the pupils in education is very marked,
and all things the management of the
institute is emigently satisfactory. For